perjurar

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Old Occitan

Verb

perjurar

  1. to give false testimony

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin periurāre (“to perjure”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peɾxuˈɾaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: per‧ju‧rar

Verb

perjurar (first-person singular present perjuro, first-person singular preterite perjuré, past participle perjurado)

  1. to perjure oneself
  2. to swear (promise)
  3. to swear (promise) again and again

Usage notes

  • For the sense swear, the verb is usually used in the phrase "jurar y perjurar", meaning "swear over and over again"

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perjurar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive perjurar
gerund perjurando
past participle masculine feminine
singular perjurado perjurada
plural perjurados perjuradas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present perjuro perjurastú
perjurásvos 		perjura perjuramos perjuráis perjuran
imperfect perjuraba perjurabas perjuraba perjurábamos perjurabais perjuraban
preterite perjuré perjuraste perjuró perjuramos perjurasteis perjuraron
future perjuraré perjurarás perjurará perjuraremos perjuraréis perjurarán
conditional perjuraría perjurarías perjuraría perjuraríamos perjuraríais perjurarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present perjure perjurestú
perjurésvos2 		perjure perjuremos perjuréis perjuren
imperfect
(ra) 		perjurara perjuraras perjurara perjuráramos perjurarais perjuraran
imperfect
(se) 		perjurase perjurases perjurase perjurásemos perjuraseis perjurasen
future1 perjurare perjurares perjurare perjuráremos perjurareis perjuraren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative perjuratú
perjurávos 		perjure perjuremos perjurad perjuren
negative no perjures no perjure no perjuremos no perjuréis no perjuren

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of perjurar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive perjurar
dative perjurarme perjurarte perjurarle, perjurarse perjurarnos perjuraros perjurarles, perjurarse
accusative perjurarme perjurarte perjurarlo, perjurarla, perjurarse perjurarnos perjuraros perjurarlos, perjurarlas, perjurarse
with gerund perjurando
dative perjurándome perjurándote perjurándole, perjurándose perjurándonos perjurándoos perjurándoles, perjurándose
accusative perjurándome perjurándote perjurándolo, perjurándola, perjurándose perjurándonos perjurándoos perjurándolos, perjurándolas, perjurándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative perjura
dative perjúrame perjúrate perjúrale perjúranos not used perjúrales
accusative perjúrame perjúrate perjúralo, perjúrala perjúranos not used perjúralos, perjúralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative perjurá
dative perjurame perjurate perjurale perjuranos not used perjurales
accusative perjurame perjurate perjuralo, perjurala perjuranos not used perjuralos, perjuralas
with formal second-person singular imperative perjure
dative perjúreme not used perjúrele, perjúrese perjúrenos not used perjúreles
accusative perjúreme not used perjúrelo, perjúrela, perjúrese perjúrenos not used perjúrelos, perjúrelas
with first-person plural imperative perjuremos
dative not used perjurémoste perjurémosle perjurémonos perjurémoos perjurémosles
accusative not used perjurémoste perjurémoslo, perjurémosla perjurémonos perjurémoos perjurémoslos, perjurémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative perjurad
dative perjuradme not used perjuradle perjuradnos perjuraos perjuradles
accusative perjuradme not used perjuradlo, perjuradla perjuradnos perjuraos perjuradlos, perjuradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative perjuren
dative perjúrenme not used perjúrenle perjúrennos not used perjúrenles, perjúrense
accusative perjúrenme not used perjúrenlo, perjúrenla perjúrennos not used perjúrenlos, perjúrenlas, perjúrense

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